LEADER 04290nam 2200661 450 001 9910794756203321 005 20230126223236.0 010 $a0-8135-8003-X 010 $a0-8135-8004-8 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813580043 035 $a(CKB)4340000000188444 035 $a(OCoLC)1000521339 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse57932 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4789882 035 $a(DE-B1597)526321 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813580043 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4789882 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11443840 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL1037077 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000188444 100 $a20171009h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aKilling poetry $eblackness and the making of slam and spoken word communities /$fJavon Johnson 210 1$aNew Brunswick, [New Jersey] :$cRutgers University Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (pages cm) 311 0 $a0-8135-8002-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1. Let the Slam Begin: History, Method, and Beyond --$t2. "This DPL, Come On!": Black Manhood in the Los Angeles Slam and Spoken Word Scene --$t3. SlamMasters: Toward Creative and Transformative Justice --$t4. Button Up: Viral Poetry and Rethinking the Archives --$t5. Conclusion: "That Is the Slam, Everybody" --$tAcknowledgments --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aIn recent decades, poetry slams and the spoken word artists who compete in them have sparked a resurgent fascination with the world of poetry. However, there is little critical dialogue that fully engages with the cultural complexities present in slam and spoken word poetry communities, as well as their ramifications. In Killing Poetry, renowned slam poet, Javon Johnson unpacks some of the complicated issues that comprise performance poetry spaces. He argues that the truly radical potential in slam and spoken word communities lies not just in proving literary worth, speaking back to power, or even in altering power structures, but instead in imagining and working towards altogether different social relationships. His illuminating ethnography provides a critical history of the slam, contextualizes contemporary black poets in larger black literary traditions, and does away with the notion that poetry slams are inherently radically democratic and utopic. Killing Poetry-at times autobiographical, poetic, and journalistic-analyzes the masculine posturing in the Southern California community in particular, the sexual assault in the national community, and the ways in which related social media inadvertently replicate many of the same white supremacist, patriarchal, and mainstream logics so many spoken word poets seem to be working against. Throughout, Johnson examines the promises and problems within slam and spoken word, while illustrating how community is made and remade in hopes of eventually creating the radical spaces so many of these poets strive to achieve. 606 $aAmerican poetry$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPoetry slams$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aPerformance poetry$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPoetry$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aPoetry$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aAmerican poetry$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican poetry$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aAmerican poetry$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPoetry slams$xHistory. 615 0$aPerformance poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPoetry$xSocial aspects 615 0$aPoetry$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aAmerican poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican poetry$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a811.009/896073 686 $aPOE005050$aSOC001000$aART060000$aSOC022000$aMUS031000$2bisacsh 700 $aJohnson$b Javon$01547084 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794756203321 996 $aKilling poetry$93803147 997 $aUNINA